Boot or shoe polishing device



I (No Model.)

E. 'STANWOOD.

BOOT 0R SHOE POLISHING DEVICE.

Patented Oct. 30, 1894.

NITED STATES PATENT GFFICE.

BOOT OR SHOE POLISHING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 528,349, dated October30, 1894. Application filed February 5, 1894. Serial No. 499,149. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD STANWOOD, of Brookline, in the county ofNorfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Boot or Shoe Polishing Devices, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a device adaptedparticularly for polishing boots and shoes, whereby a boot or shoe maybe polished by the wearer thereof without the discomfort andinconvenience usually attending the operation, and in a thoroughlysatisfactory manner.

The invention consists in a flexible band polishing device substantiallyas hereinafter described and claimed.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved device. Fig. 2represents an edge view of the same, showing it in use on a boot. Fig. 3represents a perspective view of the brush, on a reduced scale, showingone Way of using it. Fig. 4 represents a perspective view, showinganother manner of using the device. Fig. 5 represents a different formof cushion.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all thefigures.

In the drawings, or represents a flexible band, which is preferably astrip composed of one or more layers of textile fabric, such as Woolencloth or canvas, although it may be of any other suitable material orcombination of materials, my object being to produce a brush which willconform readily to the curvatures of the external surface of a boot orshoe, and will develop suitable polishing friction when rubbed on saidsurface.

11 I) represent elongated handles affixed to the ends of the strip orband and adapted to be grasped by the hands of the operator. Saidhandles are made of such length that the operator can apply the band tohis boot without stooping or bending his body uncomfortably, and withoutraising his foot uncomfortably high, as indicated in Fig. 3. The

handles may be attached to the ends of the band in any suitable way. Ihave here shown the lower. ends of the handles provided with heads I) towhich the ends of the band may be secured by any suitable means, such asscrews 0 c and a washer plate cheld against the band by said screws, theband being preferably detachable from the handles, so that a worn-outband may be readily replaced by a new one.

The inner sides of the heads I) are provided with cushions or pads bwhich yieldingly support the end portions of the band when the latterare rubbed upon the boot. Said cushions may be acute-angled, tofacilitate the entrance of the brush into the crease between theboot-upper and sole, as shown in Fig. 5. The cushions may be of any suitable material, such as felt or rubber, the latter being the preferredmaterial for the form of cushion shown in Fig. 5. v I In using the bandon the fore part of a boot, the operator, placing the band across theboot, reciprocates the handles vertically, depressing one while raisingthe other, and thus gives the band a back-and-forth motion across thesurface of the boot. The use of both hands enables the operator to applya strong polishing pressure, While the elongation of the handles enableshim to assume a comfortable position.

In polishing the heel, the band may occupy the position shown in Fig. 4,the handles being moved horizontally. The improved band may be used forcleaningas well as for polishing, and may have one side adapted forcleaning and the other-for polishing. I find that this device operatesvery effectively inraising a polish from wet blacking. When not in use,it may be readily hung upon a hook, or packed in small compass. Fortravelers use, the handles may be made in sections, connected like thejoints of a fishing o rod, or otherwise, so that the device may becompactly folded.

I claim 1. A boot polishing device consisting of a flexible band andelongated handles con-- 5 nected thereto, said handles having cushionssupporting the end portions of the band which is adapted to be backed bysaid cushlOllS.

2. A boot polishing device comprising a 100 pair of handles each havinga head orblock at one end, each head having a cushion or name to thisspecification, in the presence of 'two subscribing witnesses, this 30thday of January, A. D. 1894:.

EDWARD STANWOOD.

O. F. BROWN, E. BATCHELDER.

tially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my

